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Ezekiel 7:17

Ezekiel 7:17
All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

They shall also gird themselves with sackcloth,.... As a token of mourning, Gen 37:34;

and horror shall cover them: either the horror of a guilty conscience, or the perpetual dread and terror of the…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

All knees shall be weak as water - Calmet understands this curiously: La frayeur dont on sera saisi, fera qu'on ne pourra retenir son urine. D'autres l'expliquent d'une autre souillure plus honteuse.…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 7:16-22

We have attended the fate of those that are cut off, and are now to attend the flight of those that have an opportunity of escaping the danger; some of them shall escape (Eze 7:16), but what the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The description returns from the condition of the fugitives to that of the besieged. Prostration and despair seizes them. The figures of the hands "hanging down," and the knees becoming "water" are…

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